The Effort

This book has its good parts, it certainly does. And sci-fi is a popular genre, so it gets hard after a while to craft entirely unique stories. Although I liked a lot of this book, something felt lacking, maybe the fact that I didn't totally feel involved with the characters. I was interested enough in the plot, and again, there were some serious strong suits, but when it came down to it, it was a book I was glad I read, but it wouldn't stick with me forever.

Lots of chapter jumping. So much. 3-4 good perspectives the rest you just try and get through to get to the good characters. 

I don't really know how to explain what I love about this book without spoiling it. So I'll just say that I think it doesn't follow the typical pattern for this kind of sci-fi book. I understand why there might be some people who don't like it because of its style, but I loved it.

In a disaster story like this, I am looking for the plot, how the disaster came about, what, if anything could be done to prevent or fix it and so on.
While there is a bunch of this in the book, it was mostly about the characters, what they felt, how they reacted.
I was more interested in the parts about trying to protect the earth than I was in the symptoms of severe sleep deprivation and hunger

The collapse of civilization caused by the panic would result in billions starving to death or being killed by other people.It seems to me that if the comet had hit, it wouldn't have caused more damage to human life than the panic that was caused by its arrival.After the comet is handled, the situation for survivors is described as a second Dark Ages.But it's actually much worse.Most people don't know how to grow or hunt for food, make tools etc.It would be more like a second stone age.
It was an OK book, but I don't think I was the target audience.

I have such a grab bag of emotions about this book.

I know I'm really behind on my reviews–I still hope to catch up–but I have so many thoughts about this one and I really hope I come back to discuss those.

Reads like The Lady Astronaut meets Von Trier ‘s Melancholia. What would happen if news of a humanity-eradicating comet were to spread worldwide?

This book has many of the same old tropes you've come to expect from similar titles, but is very much a product of our time. A solid read, even if its characters didn't work for me and the ending didn't entirely convince me.